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It’s been a bumper year for apples in my garden and the old Bramley Apple Tree is weighted down by the fruit There are lots of windfalls which means a constant battle between me and the dogs (who like to use them as balls) as to who gets to the best ones first!

This apple cake is an ideal one to use those windfalls up. It makes a wonderfully moist cake, spiced with cinnamon and has a crunchy top It’s a great pudding cake when served slightly warm with cream/custard/icecream but I confess I like it best as a plain slice with a cup of tea in the afternoon It’s comforting and very “moreish” and somehow makes me think of something your great-granny would have served – an apron tied round her middle and bustling around making tea in her Brown Betty teapot (with a tea cosy of course!)